Alec Baldwin will take authorized motion in opposition to prosecutors within the Rust case, launching a civil rights violation lawsuit.
It was simply final month that Alec Baldwin teased that he had a couple of issues up his sleeve when it got here to how he would deal with the aftermath of his involuntary manslaughter prices being dismissed over the unintended taking pictures loss of life of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Now, it appears like Alec Baldwin is making good on that, launching a lawsuit doubtlessly placing himself in even higher place to clear his identify.
This week, Alec Baldwin filed a civil rights violations lawsuit in opposition to prosecutors who got here after him. It reads, partially (through Deadline): “Defendants sought at every turn to scapegoat Baldwin for the acts and omissions of others, regardless of the evidence or the law. Although no verdict in this civil case can undo the trauma the State’s threat of conviction and incarceration has inflicted, Alec Baldwin has filed this action to hold Defendants responsible for their appalling violations of the laws that governed their work…Because Defendants’ actions were motivated by evil motive or intent and involved a reckless or callous indifference to Baldwin’s federally protected rights, an award of punitive damages is appropriate to the fullest extent permitted by law…Defendants’ misconduct in their pursuit of Baldwin, and the trial judge’s condemnation of them, has already drawn world-wide attention. But this action is necessary to vindicate Baldwin’s rights and deter Defendants from attempting to do this to anyone else.”
This lawsuit exhibits that Alec Baldwin wasn’t messing round and received’t simply take the persecution as is. Not solely had been the involuntary manslaughter prices in opposition to Baldwin dropped again in April 2024, however simply forward of the vacation season, all appeals had been withdrawn. That cleared Alec Baldwin of any wrongdoing on that enormous of a scale. However for the actor, he’s out to make a degree which you could’t simply go round labeling folks as responsible, particularly on the subject of the loss of life of one other human. Some may assume Baldwin is simply persevering with to fire up press or that the “scapegoat” angle stinks of ego, however he has each proper to pursue motion on his personal half. As for the way he’ll come out of this one, solely time will inform however this can undoubtedly be an attention-grabbing one to keep watch over.
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